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Radicals, Moderates and Islamists
Canada Free Press 21 May 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
We cannot weaken Islamism except by weakening Islam, economically, militarily and demographically
The radical-moderate continuum that has defined the dialogue on Islam in the War on Terror is not an authentic perspective, it is an observer perspective. 
Islam is Hate-Crime Par Excellence
islam-watch 21 May 2013
Recently, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the Biblical Speech Opposing Homosexual Behavior is a ‘Hate Crime’. Hate is demeaning to human dignity – for both the hater 
Why Islam Leads to Violence
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 16 May 2013
By Jack Kerwick

- As Robert Spencer, Pamela Gellar, and others have shown, as far as Islam is concerned, neither this infamous attack nor others before and since are anomalous. Rather, from its origins in the seventh century to the present, from Muhammad to bin Laden, Islam has been animated by a violent impulse
Authors defending this thesis invariably allude to the military conquests of the Prophet, the particularly harsh punitive measures by which Islamic societies deal with transgressors of Islamic law, and any number of passages from the Koran calling for the death of unbelievers. And to be sure, all of this supports their case. 
Arab Christians suffer as Islamists rise to power
The Japan Times 16 May 2013
By Fiorello Provera
BRUSSELS – The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of 
Holocaust of Christians in the Muslim World on the Horizon
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 14 May 2013
By Theodore Shoebat
Arrests and deportations of Christians in Sudan are becoming more momentous in Bashir’s government. On April 12, the Secretary General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference was ousted out of North Sudan into South Sudan
As a church elder in Khartoum was praising God in his church, government officials from the Security Service (NISS) seized and interrogated him for information on Christian missionaries in North Sudan. He said: 
Beware of Shariah: Australian jailed in Dubai for reporting her own gang rape
BizPac Review 14 May 2013
Even though the United Arab Emirates is considered the most Westernized of all Muslim countries, travelers should nonetheless beware. Run afoul of Shariah law and you’ll end up 
Nepali held in Qatar freed
Himalayan Times 13 May 2013
: A Nepali teacher, who was jailed in Qatar for allegedly insulting Islam in front of students, was set free today. Dorjie Gurung of Mustang was a chemistry teacher in Qatar 
UAE: Australian woman raped by Muslim gang, then jailed for having sex outside of marriage
jihadwatch 13 May 2013
"Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah" (Qur'an 24:13). "Abandoned," Yahoo News Sunday 
Pew Research study: Most Muslims want sharia law
digitaljournal.com 8 May 2013
By Katerina Nikolas

- A Pew Research survey of 38,000 Muslims across 39 countries shows the majority favour the implementation of sharia law - though interpretations of the Islamic law vary widely
The Pew study, entitled "The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society" demonstrates that there is no one clear definition of sharia law. Arab News reported special adviser to Pew, Amaney Jamal, said: "Sharia has different meanings, definitions and understandings, based on the actual experiences of countries with or without sharia." 
Bring it on: Author says Muslim group's $30M libel suit will expose terror ties
FoxNews 8 May 2013
By Paul Alster
The shadowy leader of an American Muslim organization accused of running terror training camps in the U.S. could find himself being questioned under oath if his outfit follows 
Survey shows that the average Muslim is a fanatical extremist
Islam versus Europe 6 May 2013
It seems to be more extremist NOT to want sharia than the opposite. And almost half of Muslims want sharia to rule non-Muslims too. The claim that it is only a minority among 
Justin Bieber attacked by male fan who storms onstage and grabs him midway through Dubai concert
Daily Mail 6 May 2013
By Paul Chavez
A crazed fan stormed onstage and grabbed singer Justin Bieber from behind on Sunday in Dubai during the middle of a piano performance. The 19-year-old Canadian pop star was 
UAE jails 3 Britons on drugs amid calls for torture probe
The Nation 30 April 2013
A UAE court on Monday jailed three Britons for four years each on drugs charges, amid calls for their release and claims they have been tortured in prison. Trending 
First Sharia court for Mumbai
gulfnews.com 30 April 2013
By Pamela Raghunath
The first Darul Qaza or Sharia Court was inaugurated on Monday at the Anjuman-e-Islam School to fulfil the needs of the Muslim community in this metropolis. "Though the 
Islamist Sheikh al-Qaradawi to Visit Gaza
israelnationalnews 30 April 2013
Ahram.org reports influential Islamist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who supported suicide bombings against Israeli civilians in the past, said he will lead a delegation of clerics 
Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part II
Right Side News 30 April 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim

- Jesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two Saints
The Modern Era
After some 14 centuries of persecution and church attacks,Egypt’s Copts ushered in the 2011 new year by having one of their largest Jesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two SaintsJesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two Saintschurches attacked: 
Qatar returns statues to Greece amid nudity dispute
The Guardian 29 April 2013
By Helena Smith
It was a spat that nobody wanted – neither the Greeks, the Qataris nor, say officials, the two nude statues that sparked the furore. But in a classic clash of cultures, 
Nude Greek Statues Spark Decency Debate In Qatar
International Business Times 29 April 2013
By Mark Johanson
A museum exhibition in Doha that was supposed to open a "bridge of friendship” between Greece and Qatar ended in embarrassment for both after a Greek cultural minister 
Syria is Fighting Islamic Jihadists: Chechen Islamists, NATO Turkey and Gulf Money
Global Security News 29 April 2013
By Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker
The Syrian government is fighting international Islamic jihadists which are funded by feudal Gulf monarchs and whereby NATO Turkey is a friendly participant in the destabilization of Syria
Indeed, it is amazing that America, France and the United Kingdom are playing the "international jihadist card” against Syria after the deplorable reality of what happened in Afghanistan. This applies to America, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other nations, openly funding terrorists throughout the 1980s and 1990s in Afghanistan and clearly this reality existed long after the demise of the Soviet Union. 
"Summer marriages" (Islamic prostitution) booming in Egypt under MB rule
the elder of ziyon - 29 April 2013
From Now Lebanon: Rich Gulf nationals go to Hawamidiyya, especially during the summer, to contract marriages for a definite period of time in return for a meager amount 



